Even on the gloomiest days
The world can seem
Simply epic
If I choose to look for it
And so can I
Selfless Selfie In Between
I climb the stairs
Get turned around
Wonder which
Up or down
Light’s everywhere
Caught between
Transitioning
Where do I
Belong
Get turned around
Wonder which
Up or down
Light’s everywhere
Caught between
Transitioning
Where do I
Belong
The Guilt in Her Eye
Who would I be
Without the guilt
In a sad, lonely eye
Reflecting back at me
Without the guilt
In a sad, lonely eye
Reflecting back at me
Who would I be
Without the self-doubt
Without the self-pity
Without the self-hate
Which accompanies it
What if I could show
Myself the compassion
Myself the kindness
Myself the forgiveness
I offer so freely to others
Gesture ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #148
One need not read nor write
Nor even understand
A single word here spoken
To know the story
In the gestures
A narrative
As old as time
Nor even understand
A single word here spoken
To know the story
In the gestures
A narrative
As old as time
Choices
Upon my shoulders
Rest a life-span’s choices
Rest a life-span’s choices
Some for good
Some for naught
Most with barely
Any thought
A good many
I regret
But the life
Which made them
I do not
I learned
I grew
I fell down
I got back up
Serrated Edge
I walk along serrated edge
Just beyond the tumult’s grasp
Not retreating, no
Nor taking up the task
Of hushing life’s cruel whispers
Caught between my courage
And despair
A darkness near enveloping
Just beyond the tumult’s grasp
Not retreating, no
Nor taking up the task
Of hushing life’s cruel whispers
Caught between my courage
And despair
A darkness near enveloping
So stop
Take stock
Find firm footing
And there turn
Full face
Into all that comes
Lick the salt
Upon my lips
And savour
All strange beauty
In the bitterness
Organic ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #147
Nature draws her lines
In chaos and complexity
Mathematics and some chemistry
Laws of physics yet unbroken
By laws of beauty she has written
In chaos and complexity
Mathematics and some chemistry
Laws of physics yet unbroken
By laws of beauty she has written
Laws which I do well to heed
If my art is to succeed
Nature I do not exploit you
Nor wrest the brushes from your hand
It’s not my mind to alter your decision
But offer you my humble vision
The Light Without
In light of day
I find my way
In darkness seek
The light within
I find my way
In darkness seek
The light within
The grey between
The black and white
I lose my way
To gloom within
Then light of day
Too dim by far
The dimmest star
The light within
So then seek I
A beacon bright
To light the way
A light without
Neither Princess nor Prince… but, Love
If this were the end of the world
I would still have to sail
Beyond the horizon
To be worthy of your love
I would still have to sail
Beyond the horizon
To be worthy of your love
She said
He laughed
Then leaned down to kiss her
Stern, she held him off
I’m not worthy yet
But couldn’t hold the moment
As he searched her eyes
She laughed
Pulled him to her
And kissed him
Hard
Going Forward
I carry my past
In a backpack
So I am never far
From the moments
Which defined me
In a backpack
So I am never far
From the moments
Which defined me
Events
Connections
Love, loss
Attainment, failure
Lessons, places, people
Glories and gaffes and grace
Everything that ever happened
To get me here
Where I’m standing
In this moment now
On the path
To who I’ll be
Pix to Words 